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Mamata breaks tradition, hoists tricolour at Red Road
Wednesday August 15, 2012 12:42:04 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Breaking a
tradition in place since 1948, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday unfurled the tricolour at the Indira Gandhi
Sarani, also known as Red Road, instead of the state secretariat
Writers' Buildings here on Independence Day.
She also inspected a guard of honour and witnessed a march-past in
which personnel of Kolkata Police, West Bengal Police and Rapid
Action Force and school students participated.
West Bengal Police, Eastern Frontier Rifles, various state
departments and schools also took out colourful tableaux.
Elaborate security arrangements had been made at Red Road for the
march past.
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